An upstate lawmaker is coming for New Yorkers’ edibles.
Steck, who represents parts of Albany County and nearby Schenectady County and chairs the Assembly’s committee on alcoholism and drug abuse, explained the proposed bill on Twitter.
“We did not sign up for libertarian, anything goes cannabis. Sorry,” he wrote, adding that while he supported marijuana legalization, he also wanted strong regulations in place that barred products that could appeal to kids, or were so strong they might “cause psychosis in some.” The bill lacks a sponsor in the state Senate, meaning it currently has a slim shot of passing through the Legislature.
Steck didn’t return a request for additional comment on the legislation. Spokespeople for State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie likewise didn’t return requests for comment right away. Steck’s co-sponsor, Republican Keith Brown, who represents parts of Suffolk County, also didn’t return a request for comment.
Other states that legalized recreational marijuana have taken similar steps to clamp down on products that might entice children. Colorado, for example,
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